Magistrate Fabayo Azore yesterday set the date for the commencement of the trial of former minister Jennifer Westford and her former aide Margaret Cummings for charges of forgery
and attempted larceny.
The trial is set to begin on April 18.
It was highlighted by the prosecution that a total of 17 statements have been filed in relation to the matters against Westford, the former Minister of Public Service under the PPP/C government and Cummings, the former personnel officer at the ministry.
The charges against Westford allege that between July 17, 2014, and June 23, 2015, while being employed as a public servant by the Government of Guyana, she attempted to transfer several government-owned vehicles to herself and others. These persons included her husband, Gary Beaton, as well as Wayne Walker and Delroy Lewis. Cummings, meanwhile, was charged with forging several receipts to show that the vehicles were purchased by Beaton, Walker, Lewis and Westford between July 18, 2014 and April 15, 2015.
Both women have pleaded not guilty.
